Family | Iridaceae |
Subfamily | Iridoideae |
Tribe | Irideae |
Scientific name | Iris setosa Pallas ex Link |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hiougi-ayame (ヒオウギアヤメ, 檜扇菖蒲 [meaning: Japanese cypress fan iris]) |
(English common name) Arctic blue flag, Arctic iris, beachhead iris, mountain iris | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Canada, USA | |
Habitat | (Hokkaido) swamp, riverside; (Honshu) mountane stream or swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=38 |
Description | Leaves 20-40cm long, 1-2cm wide. Scapes electing 30-90cm tall, bracteoles 2-4cm long. Flowers pedicelets 3-4cm long, purple or pale purple ca. 8cm across, inner perianths ca. 1cm long, flowering in May to August. Fruits 3-3.5cm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Iris setosa Pall. ex Link |
Iris setosa Pallas ex Link | |
Polyphenols in Iris setosa var. canadensis and Their Chemotaxonomic Comparisons with Three Japanese Varieties | |
Wild Iris Species in Japan | |
Water purificant (US Patent 6254800/2001) | |
Iris transformation method (US Patent 6459017/2002) | |
Low complexity classification from a single unattended ground sensor node (US Patent 7343362/2008) | |
Note | Iris setosa Pallas ex Link var. canadensis M. Foster (syn. Iris hookeri Penny ex G. Don) is a local variety of Iris setosa Pallas ex Link var. setosa. |
June 2008 at Lake Tofutsu |
June 2008 at beach in Abashiri City |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
June 2008 at beach in Abashiri City |
June 2008 at Lake Tofutsu |